Chords for Michael Franks - In The Yellow House

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_ _ [Ab] _ _ No one knows [Eb] the joy [Db] when _ [Ab]
you [Eb] create.
_ [Bb] By [Db] definition, _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] something _ out of [Db] nothing. _ _ _ _
Colors, [Cm] canvas, _ light.
_ _ [F] _
But Christ is the light, [A] Paul.
_ [Bbm] The sunlight, Vincent, _ [Eb] _ down [Ebm] in our [Ab] room.
_ You painted nudes, I painted flowers.
[Abm] We drank that _ [Db] cloudy _ absinthe all night _ long.
[Gb] _
_ _ [Gbm] And the [B] women we [E] loved were blues.
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When we [A] lived in the _ [D] yellow _ _ _ house. _ _ _ _ _
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In [Db] the yellow house, _ _ [Ab] life was ideal.
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By definition, _ _ something [Ab] _ _
one _ [Db] imagines. _ _
Painters, _ [Cm] brothers, friends. _ _
[F] At least till the end came.
_ [Bbm] _
_ Complete _ [Ebm] surprise, _ [Eb]
attack of rage.
[Ab] A _ most peculiar _ _ place to shave.
[Abm] In time, our fine _ [Db] _
[Db] _ _ [Bbm] companionship [Gb] went wrong.
_ _ [Gbm] But our [B] pictures are _ [E] living _ proof.
_ [D] _
[A] Of our life in the [Bm] _ [A] yellow [B] _ [A] house.
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_ _ _ Ruin _ _ studio _ of _ the south. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Three _ _ _ short [A] _
months [D] _ in the yellow _ house.
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_ _ [G] I never [Db] knew that [E] _ _ [Bm] a day was [G] madness.
Neither did I, my [Em] friend.
_ [D] It sneaks up on you [Bm] from behind.
I believe [Gb] _ _
your condition [Bm] had improved.
I was [D] convinced [Db] that hard work [Gb] and our friendship [Dm] would join me.
_ [F] I [E] was [A] blind to your [Db] suffering, [Dm] forgive me.
You always helped [E] me when you could.
[A] You did your best, at least you tried.
[Bb] But not [E] enough _ [F] to [A] distract you [Dm] from the _ _ [Bb] end. _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] A wheat field [Bb] with crows and [E] those _
_ [G] cypresses in [A] _ starry [Cm] night.
You [Ab] painting some flowers [Dm] is how [D] [G] I remember [B] _ [Bm] you.
_ Only [G] my pistol [Db] _
can comfort _ [Gb] this _ sadness _ [Gm] _ [B] tonight. _ _
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